MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The attempts by government officials to coverup the activities of cartel members in this border city following the discovery of a clandestine gravesite near the border has stolen the hopes of dozens of families who cling to the hope of finding the remains of their kidnapped loved one–or at least get a definitive answer to what happened to them.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – Técnicos forenses en este estado fronterizo llegaron a un nivel sin precedentes de incompetencia o complicidad de ayudar al gobierno del estado encubriendo el descubrimiento de una fosa clandestina, afirmando que no logran distinguir entre huesos humanos y huesos de animales tales como de las vacas y pollos, después de descubrir una fosa clandestina a menos de 100 yardas de la frontera entre Texas y México. Los mismos técnicos forenses son quienes tienen la tarea de trabajar en las escenas de crímenes violentos en este estado fronterizo.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Mexican government officials are once again trying to cover up and minimize the scope of the out of control cartel violence that continues to terrorize this border region by covering up a clandestine Gulf Cartel gravesite used by the criminal group to incinerate and bury the remains of their victims.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — Forensic technicians in this border state reached an unprecedented level of incompetence or complicity in helping the state government cover-up the discovery of a clandestine grave by claiming they are unable to distinguish between human bones and animal bones such as those of cows and chickens after the discovery of a clandestine grave less than 100 yards from the Texas-Mexico border. The same forensic techs are the ones that are tasked with going over violent crime scenes in this border state.
Mexican clergy leaders are calling for a dialogue with drug cartels in an attempt to bring peace to their war-torn country. Meanwhile, politicos call for media silence.
Three would-be robbers in Mexico came close to dying at the hands of an angry mob that was getting ready to set them on fire before police intervened.
While Tamaulipas continues to be the scene of almost daily executions, cartel gun battles, kidnappings and other atrocities, the government will take a break from to publicly admit that anything wrong is happening.
The Spanish network Telemundo has slammed the Mexican government over the mass disappearances of thousands of victims at the hands of drug cartels and of corrupt government officials.
Un juez federal en Texas abrió los sellos de una acusación con múltiples cargos criminales a un empresario mexicano, acusado de ser un alto capo de la droga. El empresario está ligado al caso criminal en España contra el ex gobernador del estado fronterizo mexicano Humberto Moreira.
A federal judge in Texas has unsealed a multi-count indictment charging a Mexican businessman with being a large-scale drug lord. The businessman is linked to the criminal case in Spain against former Mexican border state Governor Humberto Moreira.
A menos de tres meses antes de que este estado fronterizo necesite aplicar por completo un nuevo sistema de juicio oral, los oficiales de la corte afirman que los tribunales no sólo son insuficientes, sino que los fondos para las necesidades básicas de oficina no existen. Aún no está claro qué sucedió con el financiamiento judicial, sin embargo en 2014, el gobierno de EE.UU. proporcionó 68 millones de dólares en ayuda a México en un esfuerzo por obtener un nuevo sistema judicial listo y trabajando.
Less than three months before this border state needs to fully implement a new judicial system, court officials claim that the courthouses are not only inadequate, but the funds for basic office needs have run dry.
The government in this border state is preparing to arrest various officials tied to the mass extermination of kidnapping victims inside a state prison at the hands of the Los Zetas drug cartel. The move follows a Breitbart Texas exposé on mass extermination massacres carried out by the Los Zetas drug cartel under prior administrations.
A convoy of cartel gunmen carrying rifles and machetes stormed a juvenile prison in the border state of Tamaulipas and broke out five underage teenagers.
An in-depth investigation has revealed that through the use of shell companies, members of the Juarez Cartel financed the political campaign of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. The cartel members appear to have also used government programs to launder money and profit form their networks of contacts.
As executions continue, Mexican authorities have been unable to stop the raging drug cartel violence that has descended on this city as two rival factions from Los Zetas drug cartel continue to engage in a civil war to fight for control of this rich smuggling area.
Officials from the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon announced a bold new initiative with the creation of an anti-corruption unit to investigate members of that state’s congress over bribery. One of the cases deals with the manufacturing plant for Korean car-maker KIA. A second investigation deals with a public relations firm tasked with raising the profile of former government officials.
The wife of billionaire Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman claims that the recent interview The Guardian conducted with one of the capo’s daughters was in fact false and that the family has never heard of her. The controversial interviews was filled with explosive accusations that have now been put into question.
While being Mexico’s most wanted fugitive, the once-again-jailed drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was able to visit relatives in California twice, his older daughter said.
Jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman may be in U.S. custody in as little as two months. The imprisoned cartel leader ordered his attorneys to expedite his extradition.
Mexican authorities arrested a low level Tamaulipas State judge on aggravated kidnapping charges. The charges stem from an incident in 2013. The jurist continued judicial duties until his arrest.
The parents of 43 education students from a poor rural town in Mexico that were kidnapped by corrupt police forces and turned over to cartel members who likely killed them, are asking the United States for help.
Jueces mexicanos de este estado fronterizo han liberado una vez más a un grupo de agentes de policía que habían sido detenidos el año pasado por cargos de haber trabajado con Los Zetas.
Mexican judges from this border state have once again released a group of police officers who had been arrested last year on charges of having worked with Los Zetas.
Mexico’s federal government used every political tool available in order to rescue former Coahuila Governor Humberto Moreira who had been facing money laundering and corruption charges in Spain.
A series of photographs released by the government of Nuevo Leon provide a glimpse into the luxurious lifestyles that members of Los Zetas enjoyed while in the Topo Chico prison in the Mexican city of Monterrey.
En un interesante giro de acontecimientos, las autoridades mexicanas decomisaron 16 paquetes de droga tras un tiroteo con miembros del cártel, sin embargo, sólo se informó de la incautación de 15 paquetes.
In a interesting turn of events, Mexican authorities seized 16 drug bundles after a shootout with cartel members near the border with Texas; however, they only reported having seized 15 bundles.
MCALLEN, Texas — The recent conviction in U.S. federal court of two corrupt Mexican officials has sent shockwaves around the political elite in the border state of Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Lack of basic security conditions amid raging cartel violence, a tanking economy, rampant corruption and a government in a constant state of denial all continue to drive up the discontent of Mexico’s society.
Authorities in Spain are doing what Mexican authorities have not been able to, investigate and prosecute high ranking politicians linked to drug cartels.
A State representative from the Mexican state of Sinaloa has been taken to court under guard in connection to an ongoing investigation into her links to Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera.
MCALLEN, Texas — A former Mexican border mayor who remains on the run from the U.S. Department of Justice is trying to fight the seizure of the money he has in Bermuda and a home in the border city of Brownsville, Texas. As part of the documents filed in the case, prosecutors quote an exclusive story by Breitbart Texas.
As Mexican politicians continue their congratulatory speeches about the “intelligence driven” capture of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera and news outlets worldwide eat it up, Mexico continues to burn.
A former Mexican governor from the state of Coahuila has been arrested in Spain on corruption charges related to alleged money laundering and organized criminal activity.
A U.S. Congressman from Texas demands the immediate extradition of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera and two former Mexican governors who are currently wanted by the U.S. Department of Justice.
The Tamaulipas state government is continuing look at various ways to muffle news outlets in order to show a positive side to the area and to minimize the out of control violence in the region and to present a positive side to things.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — As another year comes to a close in Mexico, it has been filled with drug violence, controversy and crime. Rather than a decrease in drug crime, the country has begun to see escalating violence in places previously untouched. The sentiment expressed by many in this country is that widespread corruption is one of the main factors that continues to fuel raging violence.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — A toda costa el Gobierno del Estado de Tamaulipas busca establecer candados para amordazar a los medios de comunicación, vendiendo una imagen positiva y contrarrestar la ola de inseguridad y violencia que de vive en el estado.
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — A Mexican appeals court has ordered the release of nine police officers from this border city that had been convicted of working for Los Zetas, the murderous Mexican drug cartel controlling portions of the Texas-Mexico border.